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Delete a set-aside world on a Conan Exiles server

Free disk by deleting worlds the panel set aside on the World page. Deleting is for good, and the game's own backups cannot be deleted there.

Updated , checked on Conan Exiles Enhanced, server build 25792439

Open World and look for the list Set aside by the panel. Each world in it has a Delete button. Deleting it frees the disk it used.

The panel sets a world aside when you choose Start a new world or Put back. It keeps the old world so you can return to it. Their file names are game_0_panel- then the reason (before-new-world or before-put-back), a time stamp and .db. Those worlds stay until you delete them.

What can be deleted here

Only worlds the panel set aside. If you try anything else, the panel says: “only a world the panel set aside can be deleted here; the game keeps its own backups”.

The game’s own backups are in the list Backups, just above. The game makes one as the server starts and every 5 minutes while it runs. Each has a Put back button and no Delete button.

Delete a set-aside world

  1. Open the World page.
  2. Find the list Set aside by the panel (1). The number in brackets is how many there are.
  3. Check the name and time on the row. Be sure it is the one you no longer need.
  4. Choose Delete (2).
  5. A box asks “Delete the world set aside at (name)?” and says “It is deleted for good.” Choose Delete.
  6. The panel says “Deleted.”
The World page with the list Set aside by the panel, each row with Put back and Delete
  1. Set aside list
  2. Delete

You can do this while the server is running. Putting a world back and starting a new one need the server stopped, but deleting a set-aside world does not.

When to do it

  • The server is short of disk. The Crashes page finding The server ran out of disk space lists this as the first fix: old worlds the panel set aside, unused mods, old backups.
  • You started a new world, played on it, and are sure you will never go back to the old one.

Keep a world you might want. If you only want a copy for later, a panel backup may be safer, though a backup on a full disk may itself fail (not checked). See panel backups and schedules.

If it does not work

  • There is no Delete button. The world is one of the game’s own backups, not one the panel set aside.
  • The list is missing. Nothing has been set aside yet. It appears after Start a new world or Put back.
  • The page does not open, or Delete does nothing. Your role may not be allowed to change files on this server.
  • The disk is still full. The game’s own backups are not deleted here. They are game_0_backup files in ConanSandbox/Saved: open them with Open in Files and delete the oldest, keeping the newest few as restore points. A file deleted in Files goes to the Trash and may still use disk until it is removed there. See game backups explained and disk full.

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